Larry Johnson (2023-12-14). Why Is U.S. Intelligence Lying About the War in Ukraine? sonar21.com

infobrics (2023-12-13). Mainstream propaganda machine doubles down on 'Russia losing' fantasies. infobrics.org "Russia has lost a staggering 87% of the total number of active-duty ground troops it had prior to launching its invasion of Ukraine and two-thirds of its pre-invasion tanks," CNN claims, citing a "declassified US intelligence assessment provided to Congress".

John Feffer (2023-12-13). The Horrors of Gaza. fpif.org The greatest horror of the war between Israel and Gaza is that it shouldn't have happened in the first place. Israeli intelligence Although the document was widely distributed among military and intelligence officials, the Israeli government did not act. It did not send reinforcements to the border. It did not modify th…

The Independent (2023-12-13). Merriam-Webster's word of the year is 'authentic'. independent.co.ug It reflects growing concerns over the ability of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to deceive and dehumanise COMMENT | ROGER J. KREUZ | When Merriam-Webster announced that its word of the year for 2023 was "authentic," it did so with over a month to go in the calendar year. Even then, the dictionary publisher was late to …

Jake Johnson (2023-12-14). Senate Passes $886 Billion Military Bill That Extends Mass Spying Authorization. truthout.org In an overwhelming bipartisan vote, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a sprawling $886 billion military policy bill that includes an extension of surveillance authority that the government has used — and heavily abused — to access the communications of activists, journalists, lawmakers, and others without a warrant. The four-month extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance… |

ecns.cn (2023-12-13). China releases first AI large language model for ancient book research. ecns.cn A college research team from East China's Jiangsu Province has recently released China's first large language model (LLM), a type of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that uses deep learning techniques and massively big data sets to help conduct research on Chinese ancient books.

Laith Fadel (2023-12-14). AI's digital likeness blends the lines of reality. america.cgtn.com Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has been at the forefront of tech news as it enters numerous sectors, including content creation. That includes industries where AI video and images, and even digital likenesses are blending the lines of reality. CGTN's Mark Niu has more.

teleSUR (2023-12-13). Namibia To Bolster Efficiency, Transparency of Trade Processes. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Bank of Namibia and the Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) officially launched the country's first Trade Verification System (TVS). | RELATED: | According to the Financial Intelligence Center in the National Money Laundering, Terrorist and Proliferation Financing Risk Assessment Report of 2021, the TVS is expected to reduce the estimated 33 billion Namibia dollars (about 2.2 billion U.S. dollars) of pote…

Caleb Crowder (2023-12-13). The Horrors of Gaza. ips-dc.org The greatest horror of the war between Israel and Gaza is that it shouldn't have happened in the first place. Israeli intelligence Although the document was widely distributed among military and intelligence officials, the Israeli government did n…

presstv.ir (2023-12-14). Gaza war will end at once if US cuts off Israel's aid: Ex-CIA analyst. presstv.ir A former CIA analyst says the Israeli aggression against Gaza will end immediately if the US stops the flow of weapons to the occupying entity.

WSWS (2023-12-13). University of Michigan permanently bans student resolution against genocide in Gaza. wsws.org What is really behind the suppression of the anti-genocide resolution is the fact that it was headed for victory, something the billionaire donors and regents, Democratic and Republican politicians, and Pentagon, CIA and State Department officials who collectively run the university would not allow.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-12-13). An Old CIA Intellectual Continues to Promote Fake Atrocity Stories and Advance War Propaganda in Retirement. covertactionmagazine.com From 1983 until 2021, Carl Gershman served as director of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), which was established by Congress to take over the CIA's covert propaganda initiatives. The NED packages itself as a champion of human rights, though it finances groups that primarily publicize the atrocities—both real and imagined—of U.S. government enemies in …

Chris Walker (2023-12-13). Arizona Supreme Court Hears Arguments Against 1864 Anti-Abortion Law. truthout.org The Arizona state Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday regarding an anti-abortion law that has been on the books since the time the state was a territory. The 1864 law, passed nearly half a century before Arizona was even a state, forbids abortions at all stages of a pregnancy unless the life of a pregnant person is at risk. It's currently being enforced in tandem with a different 15-week… |

Chris Walker (2023-12-13). SCOTUS Takes Up Case That Could Help Trump Delay Election Subversion Trial. truthout.org The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from a Trump loyalist who took part in the attack on the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021, setting up the possibility that his case will result in delays for former President Donald Trump's own trial, which is supposed to begin in March. The Court's decision to hear the appeal — from a man named Joseph W. Fischer… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-12-13). Clarence Thomas Must Recuse From Trump Immunity Case, Senate Democrats Say. truthout.org Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are urging Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from an upcoming decision on an appeal by Donald Trump's legal team claiming immunity in his indictment related to the 2020 election. The Democrats have argued in interviews that Thomas has a conflict of interest in the case due to his wife Ginni Thomas's role in the January 6… |

Shefali Luthra (2023-12-13). Supreme Court Will Hear Case on Access to Mifepristone Abortion Pill. truthout.org The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on the future of mifepristone, a drug used in more than half of all abortions in the United States, setting up another major dispute over abortion rights less than two years after the court's conservative majority voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. The case, concerning the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone, will be argued early next… |

Staff (2023-12-13). Defense of Guayana Esequiba Commission Initiates Operations. orinocotribune.com On Monday, Venezuela installed the High National Commission for the Defense and Recovery of Guayana Esequiba, tasked with implementing President Nicolás Maduro's action plans to protect the country's territory in the ongoing border dispute with Guyana. | The commission is chaired by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, along with National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez, Supreme Court Chief Justice Gladys Gutiérrez, and Attorney General Tarek William Saab. The ceremony was attended by representatives from various government bodies, including the Defense Council, the Federal Government Council, and the National Secu…

WSWS (2023-12-13). The Texas Supreme Court's anti-abortion ruling and the war on democratic rights. wsws.org Texas Supreme Court's abrupt intervention to block a medically necessary abortion is a concentrated expression of the profound rot of the whole social order in America, with fundamental human rights under siege and collapsing across the board.

WSWS (2023-12-13). The Texas Supreme Court's anti-abortion ruling and the war on democratic rights. wsws.org The Texas Supreme Court's abrupt intervention to block a medically necessary abortion is a concentrated expression of the profound rot of the whole social order in America, with fundamental human rights under siege and collapsing across the board.

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-14). Supreme Court overturns aspects of NSW's anti-protest laws. greenleft.org.au

Staff (2023-12-13). India rejects OIC's comments on SC verdict on J-K. muslimmirror.com New Delhi : India on Wednesday strongly rejected the comments by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressing concern over the Supreme Court's verdict upholding the 2019 revocation of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the OIC's action at the behest …

Staff (2023-12-13). SC Judgment on Article 370 is beyond "Kafkaesque" muslimmirror.com By Syed Ali Mujtaba The Supreme Court judgment in favor of the BJP government that abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution and scrapped the special status granted to the then State of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) on August 5, 370 has become a matter of debate. A lot has been written on the Presidential Order …

Toni Waterman (2023-12-13). U.S. states weigh more abortion cases and policy. america.cgtn.com The future of abortion access across large swaths of the American Mountain West could be decided this week. | The Supreme Courts of Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and Wyoming are all weighing cases that could determine how much access — if any — a woman will have to the procedure. | It's the complicated, often messy, aftermath of last year's overturning of Roe v. Wade — the 1973 landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that protected American women's rights to an abortion. The Supreme Court threw the issue back to U.S. states to decide. | CGTN's Toni Waterman reports.

Olmedo Beluche (2023-12-14). Panamanian people score a great victory, struggle continues. workers.org Published Dec. 2 in Panamá, where the author is a professor of sociology and an anti-imperialist political leader. Translation: John Catalinotto The ruling of unconstitutionality, issued by the Supreme Court of Justice of Panamá on Nov. 28, constituted the successful conclusion of a great popular victory against the abusive mining . . . |

Andy Kroll (2023-12-14). Unilateral Sanity Could Save the World. tomdispatch.com Top American officials in the "national security" establishment are notably good at smooth rhetoric and convenient silences. Their scant regard for truth or human life has changed remarkably little since 1971 when Daniel Ellsberg risked decades in prison to leak the Pentagon Papers to the world. During the years between then and his death six months ago, he was a tireless writer, speaker, and activist. Most people remember him, of course, as the whistleblower who exposed voluminous official lies about the Vietnam War by providing 7,000 top-secret pages of classified documents to the New York Times and other newsp…